lap dog
Example Sentences
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After hundreds of generations of human breeding, the dogs that emerged had shorter muzzles, smaller teeth and an enormous range of sizes, from lapdogs to hulking guardians.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
In Eagle Rock, millennials dine with their lapdogs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
The republic’s consuls and other officers became Augustus’ lapdogs, but he preserved their venerable offices and titles “with anxious care,” seeming to consult them and massaging their vanity.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025
Not every dog was a hulking protector: The Romans may have been the first people to breed lapdogs, according to depictions on murals and other evidence.
From Science Magazine • May 26, 2022
Career tributes are overly vicious, arrogant, better fed, but only because they're the Capitol's lapdogs.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
